REPORT OF GUN ON BARBE HIGH CAMPUS PROVES FALSE

Lake Charles –

This morning at approximately 11:00 a.m., the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office School Resource Officer at Barbe High School received a tip from a student that another student was possibly in
possession of a gun. The school was immediately placed on lockdown. The complainant identified the student by name at which time school administrators, after viewing surveillance
video, were able to locate the student in a hallway.

CPSO deputies arrived on scene in less than a minute and made contact with the student and after a patdown learned he did not have a gun.

As a precautionary measure, CPSO deputies are in the process of doing a sweep at the school.